As William Shakespeare turned 400 last week, Sir Laurence Olivier was only a month shy of becoming 57. Neither man had aged much. And the younger one proved it by stunning all London with a ...

News about Laurence Olivier. Commentary and archival information about Laurence Olivier from The New York Times.

When Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh decided to do Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra for last summer’s Festival of Britain, Stage Designer Roger Furse jokingly suggested that they do Shakespeare’s ...

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to revitalize the U.K.’s theatrical scene in the decades after World War II, has died. She was 95.

Article on collection of three Shakespeare films starring Laurence Olivier scheduled for release on DVD; films are Henry V, Hamlet and Richard III; photo (M) By Stephanie Zacharek Advertisement ...